| 单词 | vulturous |
| 释义 | vulturous (once / 274868 pages) adj WORD FAMILY vulture: vultures, vulturous USAGE EXAMPLESThis sordid, vulturous, diabolical old man reminded Nately of his father because the two were nothing at all alike. Joseph Heller, Catch-22(1961) One flower upon his grave, Who in his dying could, alas! not save His country from the vulturous maw of men. Richmond, Hiram Hoyt, Montezuma—An Epic on the Origin and...(2010) Their vulturous appetites rendered them regardless of all else. Unknown, The Boy Hunters(2010) adj living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey Syn predatory, rapacious, raptorial, ravening, vulturine aggressive having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends |
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